Plumeria Hawaiian Hawaiian - with flower bud

Plumeria

The Plumeria is a traditional tropical plant with strongly fragrant flowers. The Plumeria is also called Franchipani, which refers to the 16th century Marquis Franchipani, the Italian inventor of perfume based on the scent of this plant. Since its invention, the fragrance of this plant is still used in the perfume industry. The original Plumeria is found all over the world in tropical areas and has different meanings in various countries. In Hawaii, for example, the women wear this flower behind their ear, on the right when they are looking for a man and behind their left ear when they are married.

Care

Light location, preferably direct sunlight.
Little water
Allow potting soil to dry before watering again.
Apply fertilizer with a lot of nitrogen in the spring, but then a fertilizer with a higher phosphorus content.
Intended for decoration and not for consumption.

Flowering Season: All year round, except for a short dormant period when it loses all its foliage. After the cool and dry hibernation, it will reward you from May with its beautiful flowering, which lasts quite long. Until the end of September.

Overwinter: keep the temperature above 12 ° and do not water as long as there are no leaves, otherwise the stems will rot to the ground.

Plumeria is sensitive to spider mites.